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Animation Worksheet: How Animation Works

Animation and design lesson 1: How animation works · Set 760 · 40 questions
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Creator's tip (Many pictures, fast): Animation = many still pictures (frames), each a little different, shown quickly. Persistence of vision: the eye holds each picture for a moment, so fast pictures blend into movement. Pictures each second = pictures on a zoetrope drum × spins each second.

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  1. 1.🌀 A zoetrope has 10 pictures round its drum and spins 4 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  2. 2.True or false: a poster on a wall shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses puppets moved bit by bit? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  4. 4.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a printed photo (c) a framed painting (d) a spinning zoetrope
  5. 5.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a greeting card (b) a comic book page (c) a looping GIF (d) a printed photo
  6. 6.🌀 A zoetrope has 9 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  7. 7.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a flipbook (c) a cartoon film (d) a spinning zoetrope
  8. 8.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a looping GIF (b) a video game scene (c) a printed photo (d) a cartoon film
  9. 9.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses flipbook pages? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  10. 10.🌀 A zoetrope with 10 pictures round its drum shows 40 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  11. 11.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a hand-drawn cartoon? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) 3D computer animation (c) stop-motion
  12. 12.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) puppets moved bit by bit (c) a digital 3D character (d) flipbook pages
  13. 13.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a virtual 3D world (b) flipbook pages (c) paper cut-outs shot (d) puppets moved bit by bit
  14. 14.True or false: a cartoon film shows moving pictures. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: a flipbook shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🎞️ To show a ball rolling, each new picture shows the ball … (a) in the same place (b) much bigger (c) a little further along (d) in a new colour
  17. 17.True or false: a flipbook shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: a stop-motion film shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 1 time a second. How many pictures do you see in 3 seconds?
  20. 20.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a flipbook (c) a printed photo (d) a comic book page
  21. 21.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a rigged digital model? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  22. 22.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a virtual 3D world? (a) stop-motion (b) 3D computer animation (c) 2D drawn animation
  23. 23.🎞️ What is an animation made of? (a) one big painting (b) many still pictures (c) a single photo (d) only sound
  24. 24.🎞️ Why do still pictures shown fast seem to move? (a) magic ink (b) the pictures are wet (c) the paper moves (d) the eye blends them
  25. 25.🌀 A zoetrope has 14 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  26. 26.True or false: a road sign shows a still picture. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses frames drawn on a tablet? (a) 3D computer animation (b) stop-motion (c) 2D drawn animation
  28. 28.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) a rigged digital model (b) paper cut-outs shot (c) a hand-drawn cartoon (d) a digital 3D character
  29. 29.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a comic book page (b) a road sign (c) a poster on a wall (d) a video game scene
  30. 30.🌀 A zoetrope with 16 pictures round its drum shows 32 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  31. 31.Which of these is used in 2D drawn animation? (a) frames drawn on a tablet (b) a virtual 3D world (c) puppets moved bit by bit (d) a clay model moved a bit
  32. 32.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) a framed painting (b) a printed photo (c) a stop-motion film (d) a poster on a wall
  33. 33.True or false: a greeting card shows a still picture. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🌀 A zoetrope has 16 pictures round its drum and spins 2 times a second. How many pictures do you see each second?
  35. 35.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses pencil drawings on paper? (a) 3D computer animation (b) 2D drawn animation (c) stop-motion
  36. 36.🌀 A zoetrope with 13 pictures round its drum shows 26 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?
  37. 37.🎞️ Which kind of animation uses a digital 3D character? (a) 2D drawn animation (b) stop-motion (c) 3D computer animation
  38. 38.True or false: a looping GIF shows moving pictures. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these is used in stop-motion? (a) flipbook pages (b) a rigged digital model (c) frames drawn on a tablet (d) paper cut-outs shot
  40. 40.🌀 A zoetrope with 11 pictures round its drum shows 22 pictures each second. How many times a second does it spin?

Answer key

  1. 40
  2. False
  3. stop-motion
  4. a spinning zoetrope
  5. a looping GIF
  6. 18
  7. a comic book page
  8. a printed photo
  9. 2D drawn animation
  10. 4
  11. 2D drawn animation
  12. puppets moved bit by bit
  13. flipbook pages
  14. True
  15. False
  16. a little further along
  17. True
  18. False
  19. 48
  20. a flipbook
  21. 3D computer animation
  22. 3D computer animation
  23. many still pictures
  24. the eye blends them
  25. 28
  26. True
  27. 2D drawn animation
  28. a hand-drawn cartoon
  29. a video game scene
  30. 2
  31. frames drawn on a tablet
  32. a stop-motion film
  33. True
  34. 32
  35. 2D drawn animation
  36. 2
  37. 3D computer animation
  38. True
  39. paper cut-outs shot
  40. 2

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